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Top hats, two Roosevelts and a bevy of bustles: Reenactors gathered for a historic hand-off on the tracks of the Royal Gorge Route Railroad Sunday.

Eager bidders add to their collections at Holabirds 5-day Holiday sale Letter-sheet from 1856 illustrating all the major types of gold mining done in California by 1855, published by James M. Hutchings and titled Methods of Mining, with twelve vignettes ($3,500). RENO, NEV .- A portfolio of five aquatint etchings by the Chilean artist Sebastiàn Matta sold for $3,750, a pictorial letter-sheet from 1856 illustrating all the major types of gold mining done in California by 1855 brought $3,500, a...